Model Railroader Magazine

Volume 47 Number 4 April 1980

Contents:

  • Cover Story: The Monashee Western Ry.: Steep grades and heavy-duty locomotives characterize this mountain climbing line
  • The Rio Grande Southern Railroad: A prototype conductor's HOn3 empire
  • Building A "Not0Too-Quant" D&RGW Flatcar: A conversion project that can be completed in two evenings
  • The San Francisco Belt Line RR: A prototype railroad with every feature a modeler could want
  • A Track Plan For The San Francisco Belt Line RR: This boomerang shaped layout will fit nicely in a basement of average size
  • The CTC=16 Part 5: Receivers
  • The Alameda Belt Line: This 2-mile long short line serves island industries on the Oakland side of the bay
  • Alameda Belt Line's Enginehouse
  • Repowering Popular Athearn Diesels: Some easy procedures for installing precision motors in various Athearn HO diesels
  • Command Control Comparison: Reviewing seven commercial systems
  • Furnace Filter Forests: An inexpensive way to make thousands of good-looking conifers
  • Lighting A Bookshelf Railroad: A simple and inexpensive system using strings of Christmas tree lights 
Prototype Data and Drawings
  • San Francisco Belt Line RR.
  • Alameda Belt Line
  • Alameda Belt Line's Enginehouse

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